Sparta Quotes

13 quotes by 12 authors

I am firmly convinced, therefore, that to set up a republic which is to last a long time, the way to set about it is… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Rome remained free for four hundred years and Sparta eight hundred, although their citizens were armed all that time; but many other states that have… — Niccolo Machiavelli
For the Spartans, it wasnâ€™t walls or magnificent public buildings that made a city; it was their own ideals. In essence, Sparta was a city… — Bettany Hughes
"Godling? Demigod?" Lysis nearly howled. "You'd be beaten black and blue in Thebes, and staked out overnight for claims like that. In Sparta, the secret… — Janet Morris
Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have… — Ian Hamilton Finlay
A traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True," said he,… — Plutarch
What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta. — Thucydides
The daughters of Sparta are never at home! They mingle with the young men in wrestling matches... — Euripides
I couldnâ€™t miss Percyâ€™s fifteenth birthday,â€ Poseidon said. â€œWhy, if this were Sparta, Percy would be a man today!â€ "Thatâ€™s true,â€ Paul said. â€œI used… — Rick Riordan
Julian was the son of Diokles of Sparta, also known as Diokles the Butcher. That man made the Marquis de Sade look like Ronald McDonald.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sparta must be regarded as the first vÃ¶lkisch state. The exposure of the sick, weak, deformed children, in short, their destruction, was more decent and… — Adolf Hitler
But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation. — Thomas Day
THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!!!!!! — Jazz

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